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By-election

Reform UK

Nigel Farage's Reform beats Labour by six votes in Runcorn vote as party gains first mayor

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Updated 1 hr ago

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Rochdale

George Galloway declares himself 'MP for Gaza' after chaotic British by-election campaign

1 Mar 2024

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UK Politics

Rishi Sunak suffers double blow as Labour Party wins Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections

16 Feb 2024

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Conservative MP Peter Bone suspended over bullying and sexual misconduct

25 Oct 2023

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Conservatives

Sunak says double Tory by-election defeats ‘disappointing’ but blames ‘local factors’

20 Oct 2023

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by by

Boris Johnson told to quit by Tory grandee after double by-election defeat

Updated 24 Jun 2022

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Seanad

Security analyst Tom Clonan wins the Trinity Seanad by-election

Updated 31 Mar 2022

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By-election

Date for Seanad by-election to fill Ivana Bacik's seat set for March

27 Jan 2022

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Boris Johnson

First death of patient with Omicron announced in UK, as Johnson faces into difficult week

Updated 13 Dec 2021

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FactCheck

Debunked: Misleading Covid vaccine claims in Dolores Cahill's by-election leaflet

11 Jul 2021

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Labour

'Back in the game': How did Labour defy national opinion polls and get 30% of first preference votes?

9 Jul 2021

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Vacancy

Who could fill Ivana Bacik's seat in the Seanad following her election to the Dáil?

9 Jul 2021

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As it happened

Labour's Ivana Bacik elected in Dublin Bay South after topping the poll

Updated 9 Jul 2021

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Vote

Polls close in Dublin Bay South after first election of the pandemic

Updated 8 Jul 2021

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By-election

Dublin Bay South: Green candidate says 'sending a message to government won't build any homes'

6 Jul 2021

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By-election

'Drop a live location and they'll find us': On the canvass in a feverish Dublin Bay South

4 Jul 2021

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By-election

Larry Donnelly: It's down to the wire in Dublin Bay South

Larry Donnelly

3 Jul 2021

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Mairéad Tóibín

Aontú launches legal action over 'exclusion' from RTÉ's by-election debates

1 Jul 2021

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Two horse race

Fine Gael lead with Labour in second in Dublin Bay South by-election, poll shows

29 Jun 2021

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To the Polls

Here are the Dublin Bay South by-election candidates battling it out to replace Eoghan Murphy

16 Jun 2021

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get set

Green Party names Claire Byrne as by-election candidate for Dublin Bay South

4 Jun 2021

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Housing Crisis

Larry Donnelly: The message to Irish politicians this week was 'It's housing, stupid'

Larry Donnelly

9 May 2021

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out of the running

Former TD Kate O'Connell will not run in Dublin Bay South by-election

7 May 2021

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Dublin Bay South

Dublin Lord Mayor Hazel Chu seeks Green Party nomination for the Dublin Bay South by-election

5 May 2021

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Dublin Bay South

Hazel Chu says she will announce her by-election intentions 'over the next couple of days'

4 May 2021

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By-election

Fine Gael councillor seeks nomination to try to retain Eoghan Murphy's Dublin Bay South Dáil seat

Updated 1 May 2021

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Showtime

Dublin Bay South by-election: The runners and riders in 'Ireland's most affluent constituency'

27 Apr 2021

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Green shade

Green senators table no confidence motion in Hazel Chu following decision to run in Seanad by-election

24 Mar 2021

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Lord Mayor

Green Party councillor Hazel Chu to run as independent candidate in Seanad by-election

22 Mar 2021

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Controversy

Verona Murphy has been 'through a tough time' but it's the right decision to take her off the FG ticket, says Coveney

23 Dec 2019

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Fine Gael

Removing Verona Murphy from Fine Gael election ticket 'looking better by the moment', says Harris

19 Dec 2019

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By-election results show government is 'out of touch' - Sinn Féin

1 Dec 2019

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Polls

Turnout is 'diabolically' low in by-elections as polls close

29 Nov 2019

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Fingal

Man arrested for tampering with election posters in north Dublin

23 Nov 2019

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Wexford by-election

Flanagan says it was 'entirely appropriate' for Verona Murphy to visit an asylum seeker reception centre

22 Nov 2019

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fingal by-election

10 candidates in Fingal by-election sign up to anti-racism pledge

21 Nov 2019

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The Daily Poll

Poll: Should Leo Varadkar withdraw his support for Verona Murphy ahead of the by-election?

20 Nov 2019

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Wexford

Pressure on Taoiseach to remove support for Verona Murphy after migrant comments

19 Nov 2019

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By-election

Taoiseach 'has spoken to' under-fire FG candidate Verona Murphy about her comments on migrants

Updated 19 Nov 2019

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Wexford

Fine Gael candidate Verona Murphy issues second apology as more asylum seeker remarks emerge

18 Nov 2019

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